Why Grow Organically?

Organic foods taste better

So perhaps this point is slightly down to personal opinion but many people do prefer the taste of organic foods. Experts have stated that this is due to the higher antioxidant content in the foods that enhance the presence of flavonoids. It’s these flavonoids that our taste buds detect. In addition, many top chefs have switched to using organic produce wherever possible, since they believe the flavour to be superior.

Perhaps part of the reason organic foods taste better is that the topsoil they are grown in is better quality than that which harvests non-organic equivalents. The increased levels of nutrients in the topsoil will help to harvest a healthier and tastier food.

They’re better for you

When we eat non-organic foods we are ingesting the residue of the chemical’s they have been sprayed with. Of course, we can wash or peel them but water will never remove chemicals that have seeped through the skin, and even peeled foods may contain chemicals that have entered the produce through its root.

Unfortunately, pesticides and herbicides have only been used in food growth for a relatively short time, meaning that we are unsure of the long term effects on human health. However, it takes very little thought process to establish that chemicals designed to kill unwanted pests and plants will not be beneficial to human health either.

In addition, if you are growing your own organic produce at home, you are likely to be consuming the foods when they are very fresh. Fruits and vegetables begin depleting in nutrients the moment they are harvested. We have little idea how long the produce that lines our supermarket shelves has been there – however it is evident that food taken from your garden that day will have a significantly higher nutrient content than that bought from a local supermarket.